EPA TRI Facility · Food
Empire Cheese
Cuba, NY · Parent: Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
- Total releases
- 190.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Empire Cheese: how the 190.7K lbs splits
190.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 190.7K lbs 100.0%
Empire Cheese's 190.7K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Empire Cheese is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cuba, NY, in the food sector. It reported 190.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 3,328 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Empire Cheese is pounds #62 and chemical-count #251 at 190.7K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Cooper Power Systems LLC; Griffith Energy - Olean; Cutco Cutlery Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Butterball LLC; Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc.; Fieldale Farms Toccoa Protien Converson Facility; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.. Other Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc sites in this extract: Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse; Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Empire Cheese stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 190.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Butterball LLC and Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc..
Empire Cheese vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
191K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Empire Cheese inside Allegany's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Empire Cheese reports the 372nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.8% of its sector. This one site accounts for 39.9% of every pound reported in Allegany. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Butterball LLC and Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Allegany's reported pounds (478.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Empire Cheese's total reported releases fell from 37.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Empire Cheese's water releases fell from 37.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Empire Cheese Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Empire Cheese releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 190.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (52.0K lbs to 0 lbs).
Empire Cheese: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Empire Cheese year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2024). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 52.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 47.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 27.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 37.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 26.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 190.7K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Empire Cheese · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Empire Cheese
Closest other reporters in New York - including Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Cooper Power Systems LLC, Griffith Energy - Olean, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 580 other reporting facilities in New York.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Butterball LLC, Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc., Fieldale Farms Toccoa Protien Converson Facility.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Empire Cheese on cumulative reported pounds (190.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Rti Advanced Forming Inc., Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center, Gunderson Marine LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Rti Advanced Forming Inc. Washington, MO · Fabricated Metals 190.6K lbs reported
- Calpine Mid Merit LLC York Energy Center Delta, PA · Electric Utilities 190.7K lbs reported
- Gunderson Marine LLC Portland, OR · Transportation Equipment 190.6K lbs reported
- Amg Vanadium LLC Cambridge, OH · Primary Metals 190.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse, Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Saputo Cheese USA Inc.. Empire Cheese stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Empire Cheese TRI extract (MID · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Empire Cheese totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cuba, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 39.9% of Allegany TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rti Advanced Forming Inc. (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Empire Cheese stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov